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Perspectives</h2>
<p class="Para" Type Label>A perspective defines the initial set and layout of
views in the workbench window. One or more perspectives can exist in a single
workbench window.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p class="Para" Type Label>Perspectives can be opened in one of three ways:</p>
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    in the same (existing) workbench window</p>
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    in a new workbench window</p>
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    in the same window, replacing the current
    perspective</p>
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<p class="Para" Type Label>Perspectives define visible action sets, which you
can change to customize a perspective.&nbsp; You can save a perspective that you
build in this manner, making your own custom perspective that you can open again
later.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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 The workbench window displays one or more perspectives. Initially one perspective,
 the Resource perspective,&nbsp; is displayed. A perspective consists of views
 like the Navigator view and editors for working with your resources.
More than one workbench window can be open at any given time.&nbsp; </P>
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So far we have only used the Resource
perspective (shown below). In this section we will explore how to open and work with
other perspectives. </P>
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A perspective provides us with a set of capabilities aimed at accomplishing a
specific type of task, or working with a specific types of
resources.&nbsp;&nbsp; </P>
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